New antibody drug aims to tame Hard-to-Control asthma

NCT ID NCT01867125

First seen Jul 17, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026

Summary

This study tests an experimental drug called lebrikizumab in people whose asthma remains uncontrolled despite daily use of inhaled steroids and a second controller medication. Participants receive either lebrikizumab or a placebo injection every 4 weeks for a year, while continuing their usual asthma treatments. The main goal is to see if lebrikizumab reduces the number of asthma attacks and improves lung function.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
an experimental antibody drug called lebrikizumab
What this could lead to
If successful, lebrikizumab could offer a new treatment option for people with hard-to-control asthma, reducing the number of asthma attacks and improving daily breathing.
What could go wrong
This is a phase 3 trial, but results may not apply to all asthma patients. The drug may cause side effects or fail to show meaningful benefit over placebo.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • ADAC Research PA

    Greenville, South Carolina, 29607, United States

  • ALL-MED Specjalistyczna Opieka Medyczna

    Wroclaw, 50-445, Poland

  • ASTHMA, Inc

    Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States

  • Advances in Medicine

    Rancho Mirage, California, 92270, United States

  • Alabama Clinical Research Associates

    Pell City, Alabama, 35128, United States

  • Albion Finch Medical Centre

    Toronto, Ontario, M9V4B4, Canada

  • Alergologie Teplice, s.r.o.

    Teplice, 415 01, Czechia

  • Alergopraktik s.r.o.

    Jablonec nad Nisou, 466 01, Czechia

  • Alian s.r.o.

    Bardejov, 085 01, Slovakia

  • Allergy & Asthma Associates

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89104, United States

  • Allergy & Asthma Center of NC

    High Point, North Carolina, 27262, United States

  • Allergy & Asthma Diagnostic; Treatment Center

    Tallahassee, Florida, 32308, United States

  • Allergy & Asthma Medical Group & Research Center, Pc

    Long Beach, California, 90808, United States

  • Allergy & Asthma Research Grp

    Eugene, Oregon, 97401-7721, United States

  • Allergy & Asthma Research of Nj, Inc

    Mount Laurel, New Jersey, 08054, United States

  • Allergy Assoc Medical Group

    San Diego, California, 92108, United States

  • Allergy Associates Research Center LLC - CRN

    Portland, Oregon, 97202, United States

  • Allergy Medical Clinic

    Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States

  • Allianz Medical and Research Center

    Fountain Valley, California, 92708, United States

  • Anna Bogusz Gabinet Alergologiczny

    Skarżysko-Kamienna, 26-110, Poland

  • Asan Medical Center

    Seoul, 05505, South Korea

  • Asthma & Allergy Center

    Toledo, Ohio, 43617, United States

  • Asthma & Allergy Center, P.C.

    Papillion, Nebraska, 68046, United States

  • Asthma Allergy Phys of RI

    Lincoln, Rhode Island, 02865, United States

  • Asthma Allergy Pulm Associates

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

  • Atatürk Gö?üs Hastal?klar? ve Gö?üs Cerrahisi E?itim ve Ara?t?rma Hastanesi

    Ankara, 06290, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Atlanta Allergy & Asthma Clini

    Woodstock, Georgia, 30188, United States

  • Atlantic Research Center, LLC

    Ocean City, New Jersey, 07712, United States

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Mater Domini Di Catanzaro

    Catanzaro, Calabria, 88100, Italy

  • Barzilai Medical Center; Pulmonary Inst.

    Ashkelon, 78306, Israel

  • Bellingham Asthma, Allergy & Immunology

    Bellingham, Washington, 98225, United States

  • Bensch Research Associates

    Stockton, California, 95207, United States

  • Box Hill Hospital; Eastern Clinical Research Unit

    Box Hill, Victoria, 3128, Australia

  • C.C.C. Hospital Chest Diseases

    Szeged, 6722, Hungary

  • C.I.C. Mauricie

    Trois-Rivières, Quebec, G8T 7A1, Canada

  • CA Allergy & Asthma Med Grp

    Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States

  • CHU Nantes - Hôpital Laennec; Service de Pneumologie

    Nantes, 44093, France

  • Castle Hill Hospital; Respiratory Medicine

    Cottingham, HU16 5JQ, United Kingdom

  • Central Clinical Hospital #1 of RZhD JCS

    Moscow, 125367, Russia

  • Central Outpatient Hospital of Desnyansky District

    Kyiv, 02232, Ukraine

  • Centro Médico Dra de Salvo

    Buenos Aires, C1426ABP, Argentina

  • Centro Respiratorio Quilmes

    Quilmes, B1878FNR, Argentina

  • Centro de Investigaciones Medicas Respiratorias

    Santiago, 7500692, Chile

  • Centrum Alergologii Teresa Hofman

    Poznan, 60-214, Poland

  • Centrum Medycyny Oddechowej Robert M. Mróz

    Bialystok, 15-003, Poland

  • Choc Psf, Amc

    Orange, California, 92868, United States

  • City Clinical Hospital #27

    Kharkiv, 61002, Ukraine

  • City Outpatient Dept #94

    Saint Petersburg, 193231, Russia

  • Clinical Hospital Center ''Bezanijska Kosa''; Department of Pulmology

    Belgrade, 11080, Serbia

  • Clinical Research Inst. of Southern Oregon, Pc

    Medford, Oregon, 97504, United States

  • Clinical Research Partners, LLC

    Richmond, Virginia, 23220, United States

  • Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc

    Brussels, 1200, Belgium

  • Colentina Clinical Hospital

    Bucharest, 020125, Romania

  • Cor Clinical Research

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73103, United States

  • Danylo Halytskyy National Medical University; Lviv

    Lviv, 79010, Ukraine

  • Deepak Lakha MBCHB Private Practice

    Johannesburg, 1820, South Africa

  • Desert Sun Clinical Research LLC

    Tucson, Arizona, 85710, United States

  • Dr. Victor Babes Pneumology and Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital

    Timișoara, 300310, Romania

  • Dunedin Hospital

    Dunedin, New Zealand

  • Emerald Coast Research Associates

    Panama City, Florida, 32405, United States

  • Florida Pulmonary Research Institute, LLC

    Winter Park, Florida, 32789, United States

  • Footscray Hospital

    Footscray, Victoria, 3011, Australia

  • Fukuwa Clinic

    Tokyo, 103-0027, Japan

  • Fundacion Faicep

    Buenos Aires, C1122AAK, Argentina

  • Fundacion Neumologica Colombiana

    Bogota DC, 11001, Colombia

  • Gatesville Medical Centre

    Gatesville, 7746, South Africa

  • Grand View Hospital; Clinical Research Department

    Sellersville, Pennsylvania, 18960, United States

  • Grazyna Pulka Specjalistyczny Osrodek ALL-MED

    Krakow, 31-023, Poland

  • Heartland Clinical Research Inc.

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68134, United States

  • Hopital Calmette; Pneumologie

    Lille, 59037, France

  • Hosp Univ Fundacion Alcorcon

    Madrid, 28922, Spain

  • Hospital Dr Angel Leaño universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara AC

    Zapopan, 45200, Mexico

  • Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol

    Barcelona, 08916, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Araba

    Vitoria-Gasteiz, Alava, 01004, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset

    Valencia, 46017, Spain

  • Hospital de la Santa Creu; i Sant Pau

    Barcelona, 08025, Spain

  • Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve

    Montpellier, 34295, France

  • IMMUNOe Research Centers

    Centennial, Colorado, 80112, United States

  • Inspiration Research

    Toronto, Ontario, M5T 3A9, Canada

  • Instituto Ave Pulmo

    Mar del Plata, B7602DCK, Argentina

  • Instituto Jalisciense de Investigacion Clinica S.A. de C.V.

    Santa Cecilia, Jalisco, 44700, Mexico

  • Interni A Pneumologicka Ambulance

    Jindřichův Hradec, 377 38, Czechia

  • Investigaciones en Patologias Respiratorias

    San Miguel de Tucumán, T4000IAR, Argentina

  • Iwate Medical University Hospital

    Numakunai, 028-3695, Japan

  • Izmir Dr. Suat Seren Gogus Hastaliklari ve Cerrahisi Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi

    Izmir, 35110, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Japan Community Health Care Organization Hokkaido Hospital

    Sapporo, 062-8618, Japan

  • Kaplan Medical Center

    Rehovot, 7610001, Israel

  • Kenezy Korhaz Rendelointezet

    Debrecen, 4031, Hungary

  • Kirikkale Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi

    Kirikkale, 71100, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych i Alergologii MSW

    Warsaw, 02-507, Poland

  • Kochi Medical School Hospital

    Kochi, 783-8505, Japan

  • Korea University Guro Hospital

    Seoul, 08308, South Korea

  • Kyiv City Clinical Hospital #8

    Kyiv, 04201, Ukraine

  • Kyushu Central Hospital

    Fukuoka, 815-8588, Japan

  • LLC Medical Center Reavita Med SPb

    Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, 194354, Russia

  • Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center; Cardiovascular Medicine

    Haifa, 34362, Israel

  • Manassas Clinical Research Center

    Manassas, Virginia, 20110, United States

  • Medica Pro Familia Sp. z o.o. S.K.A.

    Warsaw, 01-868, Poland

  • Meir Medical Center; Pulmonary Dept

    Kfar Saba, 4428164, Israel

  • Melomed Hospital Gatesville

    Cape Town, 7764, South Africa

  • MephaCentrum, a.s.

    Ostrava - Poruba, 708 68, Czechia

  • Mersin University Medical Faculty

    Mersin, 33169, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Metroplex Pulmonology & Sleep Center

    McKinney, Texas, 75069, United States

  • Midwest Clinical Research LLC

    St Louis, Missouri, 63141, United States

  • Montana Medical Research LLC

    Missoula, Montana, 59808, United States

  • Montefiore Medical Center

    The Bronx, New York, 10461, United States

  • Municipal Institution of Kyiv Regional Council Kyiv Regional Clinical Hospital

    Kyiv, 04107, Ukraine

  • NZ Respiratory & Sleep Institute

    Auckland, 1051, New Zealand

  • Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital

    Nagaoka-shi, 940-2085, Japan

  • National Hospital Organization Asahikawa Medical Center

    Hokkaido, 070-8644, Japan

  • National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center

    Higashiibaraki-gun, 311-3193, Japan

  • National Hospital Organization Tokyo National Hospital

    Kiyose-shi, 204-8585, Japan

  • Niepubliczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej Centrum Medyczne ProMiMed sp z o.o. sp.k.

    Krakow, 31-637, Poland

  • Niigata City General Hospital

    Niigata, 950-11977, Japan

  • Non-Commercial Enterprise City Clinical Hospital 1 of Zaporizhzhia City Council

    Zaporizhzhia, 69104, Ukraine

  • North Bay Clinical Trials

    Napa, California, 94558, United States

  • Northeast Medical Research Associates, Inc

    North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 02747, United States

  • Nouvel Hopital Civil; Pole de Pathologie Thoracique

    Strasbourg, 67091, France

  • Novosibirsk Municipal Clinical Hospital For Emergency Medicine #2

    Novosibirsk, 630008, Russia

  • O & O Alpan, LLC

    Fairfax, Virginia, 22030, United States

  • Oji General Hospital

    Hokkaido, 053-8506, Japan

  • Oki Clinic

    Kodaira-shi, 187-0024, Japan

  • Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital

    Osaka, 545-8586, Japan

  • P3 Research

    Hastings, 4122, New Zealand

  • PMG Research of Wilmington

    Wilmington, North Carolina, 28401, United States

  • Petz Aladar Megyei Oktato Korhaz

    Győr, 9024, Hungary

  • Pharmaceutical Research & Consulting, Inc.

    Dallas, Texas, 75231, United States

  • Pioneer Research Solutions

    Houston, Texas, 077099, United States

  • Plucna ambulancia

    Spišská Nová Ves, 052 01, Slovakia

  • Poradnia Pulmonologiczna dla Doroslych

    Lódz, 90-153, Poland

  • Premier Clinical Research

    Spokane, Washington, 99202, United States

  • Princeton Center For Clinical Research

    Skillman, New Jersey, 08558, United States

  • Prof.Dr.Octavian Fodor Emergency Clinical Hospital

    Cluj-Napoca, 400162, Romania

  • Public Institution City Clinical Hospital # 6 of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Board

    Dnipro, 49000, Ukraine

  • Quality Assurance Research Ctr

    San Antonio, Texas, 78205, United States

  • RMC Medical Research Ltd

    Dunedin, New Zealand

  • Regional Phthisiology and Pulmonology Center

    Ivano-Frankivsk, 76018, Ukraine

  • Russian Uni of People'S Friendship, Med. Faculty; City Clinical Hospital No 64, Internal Diseases

    Moscow, 117292, Russia

  • Ryazan Regional Clinical Hosp

    Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast, 390039, Russia

  • SHI Ctr Occupational Pathology

    Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, 195271, Russia

  • SIH Kemerovo Regional Clinical Hospital

    Kemerovo, 650002, Russia

  • SPZOZ Proszowice

    Proszowice, 32-100, Poland

  • Samsung Medical Center

    Seoul, 06351, South Korea

  • Sano Toranomon Clinic

    Tokyo, 105-0003, Japan

  • Schonffeldt y Guerrero Limitada

    Santiago, 7500698, Chile

  • Sekino Hospital

    Toshima City, 171-0014, Japan

  • Senzoku Kokyuuki and Allergy Clinic

    Ōta-ku, 145-0063, Japan

  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

    Seongnam-si, 463-707, South Korea

  • Shaare Zedek Medical Center

    Jerusalem, 9103102, Israel

  • Showa University Hospital

    Tokyo, 142-8666, Japan

  • Small Business Private Enterprise Medical Centre Pulse

    Vinnytsia, 21001, Ukraine

  • Smolensk State Medical Academy

    Smolensk, 4812, Russia

  • Spartanburg Medical Research

    Spartanburg, South Carolina, 29303, United States

  • Specjalistyczne Centrum Medyczne NOWOMED

    Krakow, 30-349, Poland

  • Spitalul Clinic de Boli Infectioase si Pneumoftiziologie Victor Babes Craiova

    Craiova, 200515, Romania

  • St James University Hospital; Respiratory Department

    Leeds, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom

  • St Peters Hospital

    Chertsey, KT16 0PZ, United Kingdom

  • St-Petersburg Diagnostic Ctr#1; Pulmonology

    Saint Petersburg, 194354, Russia

  • St. Francis Sleep; Allergy & Lung Institute

    Clearwater, Florida, 33765, United States

  • St. Paul's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine

    Seoul, 130-709, South Korea

  • St. Petersburg State Budget Medical Institution Pokrovskaya City Hospital

    Saint Petersburg, 197022, Russia

  • St.-Petersburg SMU n. a. Academician I.P.Pavlov; Therapy Department

    Saint Petersburg, 197022, Russia

  • Suncoast Research Group LLC

    Miami, Florida, 33135, United States

  • TTS Research

    Boerne, Texas, 78006, United States

  • Takahashi Clinic

    Kokubunji-shi, 185-0014, Japan

  • Tehelná Clinic, Inc; IMUNO-ALERGO, s. r.o.

    Bratislava, 831 03, Slovakia

  • Tekton Research Inc

    Austin, Texas, 78745, United States

  • The Lung Institute of Western Australia; Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

    Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia

  • Tokyo Center Clinic; Internal Medicine

    Tokyo, 103-0028, Japan

  • Tomsk Regional Clinical Hospital

    Tomsk, 634063, Russia

  • Tono Chuo Clinic

    Mizunami-shi, 509-6134, Japan

  • Tosei General Hospital; Respiratory and Allergy Medicine

    Aichi, 489-8642, Japan

  • UZ Gent

    Ghent, 9000, Belgium

  • Uludag University; Pulmonology and Allergy Department

    Bursa, 16059, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Uni of Cape Town Lung Inst.

    Cape Town, 7925, South Africa

  • University of Fukui Hospital

    Yoshida-gun, 910-1193, Japan

  • Università Degli Studi di Pisa - Ospedale di Cisanello Pisa

    Pisa, Tuscany, 56124, Italy

  • Vawda Z.Fa Practice

    Durban, 4091, South Africa

  • Waterbury Pulmonary Associates

    Waterbury, Connecticut, 06708, United States

  • Yanovskyy Inst of Phth. & Pulm; Clinical-functional

    Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine

  • Yokohama City Minato Red Cross Hospital

    Kanagawa, 231-8682, Japan

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